Chapter 1453 Extremely Drought World 7
This is normal. Food is so valuable, so why would the Queen Mother be willing to give it to her? She would give six pumpkin cakes to An Ran. It was her son Wang Xinguo who asked her to take care of An Ran, so she gritted her teeth and gave them to An Ran.
However, An Ran didn't take her things for free. He immediately gave her a section of winter melon and a handful of green vegetables, which were brought by her original parents. Although large-scale planting has become a dream due to the drought, planting a piece of green vegetables and then planting it on the edge of the field It is not difficult to plant a few winter melons, pumpkins, etc. and water them with well water.
Although the things given were not many, both winter melon and green vegetables were very expensive now. Taken together, they were definitely worth more than the six small pumpkin cakes brought by the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother looked at the winter melons and green vegetables and became more and more determined to go back to her hometown to grow vegetables.
She had never been envious when she saw the Li family bringing vegetables to An Ran before, but now she is very envious when she sees them growing their own vegetables and not having any shortage of vegetables when prices are soaring.
But because she understood that due to the drought, the Li family didn't grow much vegetables, so she was embarrassed to ask them for vegetables. At most, Li's father sometimes brought vegetables to An Ran and gave them some, which they happily accepted.
An Ran waited for her to leave, then went out and sold another bag and a half of rice to cover this month's mortgage, "Huabei" and other repayments.
In the past, she had to sell six 100-jin bags of rice, but now she only needs to sell one and a half bags. Who makes the price of rice change every day, no, even every few hours? Just like her When she sells it now, the price has risen to fifty-five yuan per pound. One and a half bags are worth more than eight thousand yuan, which is enough for her to pay off her mortgage and other debts. After all, those debts will not rise.
It's quite darkly humorous to think about it. Before the end of the world, Yuan had worked very hard for a month and had to use two-thirds of her money to pay off her mortgage. The mortgage was like a huge mountain, weighing her down, and she couldn't breathe. Her daily life was very complicated. frugal.
Now, rice is fifty-five yuan per catty. She only needs to sell sixty catties of rice to pay off the mortgage. Before the end of the world, sixty catties of rice were only worth more than one hundred yuan. In other words, compared to the price before the end, She said that she only had to repay the loan of more than 100 yuan a month, which was equivalent to the depreciation of house prices in disguise.
That’s right. Now people don’t have enough to eat. Houses will soon no longer be on people’s list of daily necessities. In fact, by this time next year, because food prices are too high, many people will live there just for food or for speculation. , began to sell the extra house, hoping to get some money to buy food. After all, as long as it doesn't rain for a day, selling the house for food is definitely a profitable business.
Before the apocalypse, skyrocketing housing prices never appeared, but now they have.
In addition to selling rice to make ends meet, An Ran also called her parents: "Dad, Mom, prices are soaring now. You should hurry up and save some daily necessities. Otherwise, if this continues, the money in your hands will become useless paper."
Father Li said: "I bought it a long time ago. We have already bought a lot. I just don't know when it will rain. If it rains soon, how will I live in the future if I spend so much money?" It’s all the pension money your mother and I worked hard to save.”
Father Li and Mother Li are from rural areas and have no pension, so they saved a sum of money for living expenses. At this time, they saw that prices were soaring, so they bought some things, but they were still worried that it would rain soon and the money would be wasted. , and then they have no pension money.
An Ran hurriedly comforted them and said: "According to the news I got, there is no sign of rain yet. Parents, please feel free to buy."
Father Li said: "Oh, if it really doesn't rain, I will definitely spend all the money to avoid being unable to afford things in the future."
"Buy a few more water storage barrels and store more water while there is still water in the well. I think if this continues, there will be no water in the well one day." An Ran said.
"Sure! I listen to you." Father Li said.
Seeing that her parents listened, An Ran gave her a snack.
As long as supplies are sufficient, it will not be difficult to survive these more than ten years.
In fact, residents in big cities are having a better time with the skyrocketing prices this time, but residents in small cities are starting to have a hard time, and they really can't afford to eat.
The reason is very simple. Wages in big cities are high, and many people earn more than 10,000 yuan a month. But in small cities, such as the 18th-tier city where I am originally from, the average salary is only 4,000, and a couple is only 8,000, while the price of rice and vegetables , almost the same across the country. In this way, residents in small cities will have to spend 5,000 yuan on food alone. This is still a situation where the food is not very good. If you want to eat well, 8,000 yuan a month may have to be spent on food. In this way , if the price of rice and vegetables continues to rise, it does not mean that we really cannot afford to eat; and based on the salary income in big cities, we can still afford this expense.
And An Ran knows that the price of rice and vegetables will really continue to rise. By the sowing season in April and May next year, when there is still drought and few people are farming, the price of rice will soon exceed 500 yuan per catty, and then it will be difficult to buy it. I bought it. After all, the drought has lasted for two years, and the food on the market has been almost exhausted. Even if there is any, it has been hoarded at home and will not be sold easily.
In the afternoon, An Ran went to pick up Miaomiao from the kindergarten and looked at the green belts on both sides of the road with emotion.
For the time being, the green belt has not died due to drought and water shortage, because the city's water trucks sprinkle water every day. After all, the city's rivers have not dried up yet. If there is water, the city will naturally sprinkle it, lest the drought has not reached that level. Well, all the greening in the city has dried up and is completely deserted. What does that look like?
But... An Ran saw someone planting vegetables in the green belt, and An Ran understood that they wanted to take advantage of the official government.
As long as those people don't destroy the green belt to grow vegetables, the officials will let them.
Moreover, it is actually very unsafe to grow vegetables in these places - it is easy to work hard to grow vegetables and end up being stolen. After all, you can't watch them 24 hours a day, so most people grow vegetables on both sides of the road. While they are opening their shop, they are planting vegetables in the green belt in front of the store. It is better to have time to keep an eye on it, but there is no guarantee that someone will come and steal it after the store closes at night. These days, the price of vegetables is too expensive. In the past, people would never look twice at the vegetables grown in the green belts on the roadside. After all, they thought they were dusty and unhealthy to eat. Now they would steal them. Or else, they knew the etiquette, so they didn’t eat them. Yes, people's moral values will plummet.
When picking up Miaomiao, the principal of the kindergarten said to the parents or grandparents who were picking up the children: "After this month, lunch will not be provided. You can take your children back to eat. Food is too expensive now and the kindergarten cannot provide it." Come on, let’s raise the price, but I’m afraid you might have objections, so I simply canceled lunch.”
In fact, in September this year, when I first entered the kindergarten, the kindergarten already charged 1,000 yuan a month for the price of a lunch. You must know that it only charged 400 yuan a month.
In this way, after only accepting students for two months, the kindergarten still couldn't bear it and left them to take care of the children's meals.
